Stacey Diane Neumann (born 1978)[1] is an American lawyer who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine.

Stacey D. Neumann
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine
Assumed office
August 22, 2024
Appointed byJoe Biden
Preceded byJon D. Levy
Personal details
Born1978 (age 45–46)
Natick, Massachusetts, U.S.
EducationJames Madison University (BA)
Cornell University (JD)

Education

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Neumann received a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from James Madison University in 2000 and a Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Cornell Law School in 2005.[2]

Career

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From 2005 to 2006, Neumann was a law clerk to Associate Justice John A. Dooley of the Vermont Supreme Court and from 2006 to 2007, she was a law clerk for Judge Peter W. Hall of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. From 2007 to 2009, she was a staff attorney at the Vermont Office of the Defender General in Chittenden County. From 2009 to 2013, Neumann served as a special assistant U.S. attorney and then an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maine. From 2013 to 2024, she worked in private practice at Murray, Plumb & Murray in Portland, where her focus was on employment law; she was a partner with the firm from 2017 to 2024.[2] In 2023, she was named by the United States Sentencing Commission to the Practitioners Advisory Group.[3]

Federal judicial service

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On April 24, 2024, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Neumann to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine.[4] On April 30, 2024, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Neumann to the seat being vacated by Judge Jon D. Levy, who subsequently assumed senior status on May 6, 2024.[5] On May 22, 2024, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[6] On July 11, 2024, her nomination was favorably reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee by an 13–8 vote.[7] On July 30, 2024, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 50–41 vote.[8] Later that day, her nomination was confirmed by a 50–43 vote.[9] She received her judicial commission on August 22, 2024.[10] She was sworn in on August 26, 2024.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "President Biden Names Forty-Eighth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. April 24, 2024. Retrieved April 24, 2024.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ "Neumann appointed by the U.S. Sentencing Commission to serve on Practitioners Advisory Group". Bangor Daily News. February 2, 2023. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  4. ^ Kobin, Billy (April 24, 2024). "President Joe Biden nominates Maine attorney to become federal judge". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  5. ^ "PN1654 — Stacey D. Neumann — The Judiciary". congress.gov. April 30, 2024. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  6. ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. May 21, 2024.
  7. ^ "Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Eight Judicial Nominations To The Full Senate" (Press release). United State Senate Committee on the Judiciary. July 11, 2024. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  8. ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Stacey D. Neumann to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Maine)". United States Senate. July 30, 2024. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
  9. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Stacey D. Neumann, of Maine, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Maine)". United States Senate. July 30, 2024. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
  10. ^ Stacey D. Neumann at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  11. ^ "Press Release: U.S. District Judge Stacey D. Neumann" (PDF). med.uscourts.gov (Press release). Retrieved August 26, 2024.
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Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine
2024–present
Incumbent